, 1887-09-29
PiCkingS.

Henry George calls on the Anti
Poverty Society foI S50,030 TO make
his campaign i'll New York.
4 Kentucky negro made a rush in
the night on wha he thought was 2
calf. 1t turned out to be the back
end of mula, and the negro will al
ways remember that it was.
Galusha a Grow, OF Pennsylvania,
the Father of the Homestead Law"
lately received il cane which grew on
the first homestead, and was present
ed by the first homes teader, Daniel
Freeman, OF Beatrice, Nebraska.
Simon Cameron is the oldest ex-
senator of the United States. He was
born in 1899, and is followed by ex-
senator James Bradbury, OF Maine,
born in 1905; jefferson Davis, born in
1903, and Hannibal Hamlin, born in
1909
The treasury department has re
ceived from L. s. Marshal Banks, of
Massachusetts, vouchers showing the
expenditure of over $4,000 by his
office. 1t was the marshars delay in
sending in his accounts that made
the treasury officials somewhat ap-
prehensige, and as the amount for
which he may be liable is brought
within the limit of his bond by the
vouchers sent in. the department to-
day honored his draft for $4l00.
An international commission, COM
posed of three Americans and three
Englishmen, the former to be chosen
by Secretary BayarJ, will meet in
W ashinSton ere long 10 discuss the
vexalions Canadian fisheries dispute
with the purpose of solving the
troublesome problem of the boundary
line between Canada and the United
States, over which there has been a
controversy about one hundred years.
If this matter can he satisfactorily
settled from an American standpoint.
1T will naturally he regarded as a
greet diplomatic triumph for the pre-
sent administration, which the whole
country would regard with patriotic
pride.
Willard has not, probably, changed
a particle since he was ousted by the
Z. Il. Wright comhpation four years
ago. and Ill entering on his duties as
director of the n. Z. read he will
undoubtedly Use his skill and talent
IL making Ep business for tho com-
pony he represents. In doing this
he will reach for trade wherever he
can find it. That will probably be all
there Is TO the whole matter. and
when he reaches for trade he will
work some scheme to keep Seattle
traffic at home and not let rival roads
reap harYes' ont OF the territory of
the n. Z. All the same it makes peo-
pie smile to see the Tacoma people
take their pill.Skitsap Pioneer.
Pacific Journal: Judging from
recent reports of the VI. L. conference
at Olympia, religious organizations
are no more free from trades than
political parties are supposed to be.
certain overtures were made to Port
townsend regarding Il university,
based upon proposition that if $50,
UUO was secured them as Il bonus q
Methodist university would be built
10 ihOii'y MIS- GulSeu or
guaranteed, and the conference met.
but III view of certain things, among
them the fact that Tacoma Lad offered
Si5,OOO for tic university, Port Town
send is rejected by a vote OF Q to IL.
In this matter Tacoma secured more
votes in conference than Port Town
send
1t Is the opinion of the Minneapolis
tribune thut ''tEose who do not uu-
derstand why wheat is so cheap at
the present time will probably find a
solution for the problem in the fol-
lswiuS facts relative to the produc-
tlon OF wheat in foreign countries.
1t Is true that the American wheat
crop is smaller by probably nearly
3d.OuO0OO bushels this year than it
was last, and if this bad no: been true
here rs we'll as in India, prices would
now III all probability be lower than
they have been known for years. But
the crops IN other foreign wheat rro-
ducing countries has been large and
that has prevented the higher prices
which would have uubonbtedly have
prevailed as the result of the short
age in the crops of India and Amer
lea.